Gonna do it versus actual draw as thats the only true measurement of prodction IMONow when u do you gram per watt are you going to do that on actual draw or on the stated 357watts?
Had them raised as I was in there pruning out the yellow leaves.Do you always keep the lights that far off the tops of the plants or are they just up for taking pictures?
I'd say CO2 adds 15-25% depending on the strain and other atmospheric conditions. Main reason I run co2 is odor control. I run a sealed room so with no air in/out the plants would starve as they would deplete the environmental co2 very quickly. I have run free air systems with a carbon scrubber on the exhaust in the past and just find I have trouble maintaining negative pressure in the room during the dark cycle with the exhaust off so odor becomes an issue. I think that running some of the home made co2 remedies would work quite well with LED's as you definately need a small, sealed room to have those small co2 output systems operate properly.How do? r u doing another journal with the next batch you got in veg? b great if you do as wood love to c wot them lights can do on taller plants mayb a monster or 2. please dont mis read wot im saying as i really rate this journal and have learnt so much reading this not just on leds but growin in general. also you and others here always find the time to answer questions no matter how pointless they r. for me i was a few clicks away from buying a led panel off 1w leds till i found this place. now i feel i can understand the tech and no wot im looking for.
Anyways on th now and your plants look great man. frosty. glad the mags can get these results
Talking of pointless questions i got yet another for you. in your view how much increase in bud do you hink running co2 adds to cannabis plants? do you think you could get simular results without? i mean if some1 only doing little grow 6 - 8 plants on a tight budget and has b stealthy as f**k could you get by without co2 or with a home made job using the yeast sugar and water and making co2 that way.?
I actaully had to insulate my room better to get the temp up but it is currently -17F outside. I actually put down a sub floor over the concrete and will probably lift it (it is interlocking 2x2 panels) for the summer to manage the temps. I am running the Magnums and a propane powered co2 burner. It sits at 85F daytime and I have a small ceramic heater that maintains 72-75F at night.I didn't realize you had a sealed room and CO2. What do your temperatures look like in the day and night? Do you do anything to manage them?
I don't actually own a magnum, but from what I can tell with even the top of the line LED's out now, they take about 40% of the wattage of hid to get ACTUAL results.... they aren't miracle workers yet but, they definetely can and do work.That does make sense, however it would not resolve my night time temp being too low, if that should happen. Although I guess that can come down to 18-20 Celcius at night without issues.
Got a response from 357Mag guys. The actual draw of the Magnum is 180W, so you were pretty close in your estimate. That is pretty incredible when compared to 1000W HPS lights and if claims are correct 3x357Mag > 2x1000W, or 540W LED outperform 2000W HPS.
hehe ur the 357th postI am rightly pissed that LBG is pissin outta here cuz the haters rippem so hard. Just wanted to put up some props, and say keep it growin strong. Let the 357's show what they got. I'm watchin and waiting til the end. Keep up the good work.
Tricky B.